Awning



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AWNING Filed July 28,1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 6 \G 'I /hK, IIKK%JIKPatented Apnlz, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AWNING v Harry F.Vollmer, Baltimore, Md.

. Application J lily 28, 1947, Serial No. 764,195 11 Claims. (01.160-62) This invention relates to an awning of the permanent,retractable type.

Preferably the awning is made of metal although other permanentconstruction materials are available for such purposes. The awning isintended to be installed as a permanent attach ment on a building and itis arranged to provide ventilation while it is in use, also it isprovided with means to extend it over the whole window or if desired toretract is as a cover for one-half of the window or other opening spaceand the ventilation is available whether the awning is in extendedposition or retracted position. The awning is also constructed insections which are easily relatively slidable, so that the extendedportion may be raised by hand or mechanical means.

It has been found by actual test that one hundred per cent more light isadmitted to the room when the lower section is up, than when it is down.Support is also provided for the awning so that it will sustain verticalpressure whether in extended position or retracted position. Therelatively movable sections of the awning are so made as to avoid anyrattling of the sections in the wind. The structure is solidly andsimply made so as not to require repairs.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying drawings forming apart hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the awning in folded position,showing by dotted lines the extended position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the awning in folded position.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1, with theawning extended.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line H Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view Figure 4.

' Figure 6 is a sectional view on Figure 3.

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Figure on line 5-5 of line 6-6 of 7 is a sectional view on line 1-1 of 8is a sectional view on line 8-8 of 9 is a sectional view on line 9-9 of.Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary plan view across the center of the twosections of the awning when they are almost completely extended.

Figure 11 is a schematic view substantially on line vI l-ll of Figure 1.

Figure 12 is a similar view substantially on Figure 14 is a similar viewsubstantially on line 1 l4l4 ofFigure 10.

Figure 15 is a perspective view showing the attaching angle between twoadjacent trough members.

Figure 16 is a sectional view on line I 6-l6 of Figure 13.

Figure 17 is a sectional view on line l'l-l'l of Figure 16.

Figure 18 is a sectional view on line lB-IB of Figure 1.

In the drawings similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The awning consists essentially of a series of troughs I with alternate.inverted troughs 2. The upper section of the awning consisting of thesetroughs has an angle 3 across the top thereof which is attached to thetop of a window or other opening in a building by means of nails orother afiixing means 4. downwardly extending panels 5 which areconnected by angles 6 to the adjacent upper inverted trough 2 and thesepanels are likewise attached to the building by means of nails orfastenings -l.

The troughs I and 2 are connected at their lower ends to each other byangular brackets 8. It will be noted that these brackets in theirextension go beyond both the downturned and the upturned sides of thetroughs l and 2. This allows identical troughs of another section toslide between the angle, brackets 8.

The other or sliding section of the awning is shown in dotted lines inextended position in Figures 1 and 2 and it has identical troughs l andinverted troughs 2 which are connected at their upper ends by identicalangles 8 as most clearly shown in Figures 6 and 14. As is also shown inFigure 6 these angles 8 cross one another and thus interengage when themovable section is let down to its greatest extent so as to prevent thecomplete separation of the two sections. At

their lower end the troughs I of the movable section are connected by anangle 9 and to this angle 9 is riveted the member I 0 having alternatelylarge face sections II and small sections This section has 3 which isattached to the end sections 2 of the movable section through means ofintermediate angles l4 and It as clearly shown in Figure 6. Angles I!extend leng wise of the outermost troughs 2 of the move essection.Angles 8 on the upper section have extending inwardly therefromanglesiB. These angles it have thereon rollers l1 and I8 supported inhousings l9 and 20 rigidly attached to the'angles l6. Also on angles itare extended brackets 2| supporting rollers 22 which hold in place androll upon inturned edge 23 of angles i5 on the sliding awning section.The rollers l8 and I9 give a rolling support to the lower portion 23 ofthe angle IS.

A thrust angle member 24 is likewise attached to the building opening at25 and movable thrust angle member 26 is pivoted under the horizontalpart of member 24, to the vertical part of member 24, back from itsswinging end. This member 26 is likewise angled and is attached to angle21 on angle 9 at the far end of the movable section of the awning ashown in Figures 7 and 8. When both thrust members are down and theextended section or the awning is down it will be apparent that thethrust members support the vertical weight upon the awning, and when thethrust members are broken and member 24 backs against the building, itwill likewise be apparent that the member 26 supports the verticalweight upon the top of the awning.

'Since it is apparent that many modifications of the present inventionwill present themselves to those skilled in the art without departingfrom the spirit of the invention, it is to be understood that suchmodifications do not depart from the spirit of the invention althoughnot specifically described herein and are contemplated by and includedin the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and isdesired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In an awning, a plurality of laterally spaced troughs, a plurality ofinverted troughs spaced vertically from and bridging the said laterallyspaced troughs, means to attach one end of said troughs to a fixedsupport, means at the other end of said troughs to attach each to itsadjacent trough, and a plurality of similarly shaped troughs beneathsaid spaced and inverted troughs and means to connect said similarlyshaped troughs to said spaced and inverted troughs, whereby to slidesaid similarly shaped troughs from said spaced and inverted troughs,parallel thereto.

2. A plurality of overlapping relatively slidable awning sections eachcomprising a plurality of laterally spaced troughs and a plurality ofin- I verted troughs vertically spaced from and bridging the spacedtroughs.

3. An awning comprising two sections, each comprising a plurality oflaterally spaced troughs, and a plurality of inverted troughs spacedvertically from and bridging the laterally spaced 4 troughs, one sectionbeing. longitudinally of said troughs, slidable relative to the other.

4. The combination with an awningas claimed in claim 3, 01' means torigidly hold the ends of the troughs of each section together.

5. The combination with an awning as claimed in claim 3, or rollerhearings to facilitate the sliding of said sections relative to eachother.

6. The combination with an awning as claimed in claim 3 in which thevertical spacing oi. the troughs and inverted troughs, when the sectionsare relatively retracted and extended, provide ventilating spaceslaterally therebetween, and prevent the entrance vertically of raintherebetween.

'7. The combination with an awning as claimed in claim 3, of means toattach the awning in a sloping position to a building, and meansconnected to the free end of the awning both when the sections areretracted together and when they are relatively extended, to support theawning against downward thrusts.

8. An awning comprising two sections, each comprising a plurality oflaterally spaced troughs and a plurality of inverted troughs spacedvertically from and bridging the laterally spaced troughs, one sectionbeing, longitudinally of said troughs, slidable, relative to the otherand means to attach the edge of each respective trough to the adjacentedge of each inverted trough.

9. The combination with an awning as claimed in claim 8 in which saidmeans forms stops'to limit the relative extension or said sections whenthey are extended.

10. The combination with an awning as claimed in claim 8 in which saidmeans, on the troughs of one section, pass between adjacent troughs ofthe other section.

11. An awning comprising two sections each comprising a plurality oflaterally spaced troughs and a plurality of inverted troughs spacedvertically from and bridging the laterally spaced troughs, one sectionbeing, longitudinally of said troughs, slidable, relatively to theother, means to attach the awning in a sloping position to a building,means connected to the free end of the awning both when the sections areretracted together and when they are relatively extended to support theawning against downward thrust, said last named means being foldablewhen the sections are retracted together.

' HARRY F. VOLLMER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,283,545 Ogden Nov. 5, 1918 Re.21,053 Matthews Apr. 18, 1939 2,389,970 Ferguson Nov. 27, 1945

